John Hoyt

John Hoyt

October 5, 1905 · 121 years old

John Hoyt was an American film, theatre, and television actor, October 5, 1905 – September 15, 1991. He began his acting career on Broadway, later appearing in numerous films and television series. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the films The Lawless (1950), When Worlds Collide (1951), J…

Known For

26 titles
1
Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

1953 · 2h 0m · Movie

The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.

7.2
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Brute Force

Brute Force

1947 · 1h 38m · Movie

At a tough penitentiary, prisoner Joe Collins plans to rebel against Captain Munsey, the power-mad chief guard.

7.5
3
Blackboard Jungle

Blackboard Jungle

1955 · 1h 41m · Movie

A new English teacher at a violent, unruly inner-city school is determined to do his job, despite resistance from both students and faculty.

7.4
4
When Worlds Collide

When Worlds Collide

1951 · 1h 23m · Movie

As a new star and planet hurtle toward a doomed Earth, a small group of survivalists frantically work to complete the rocket which will take them to their new home.

6.6
5
The Big Combo

The Big Combo

1955 · 1h 27m · Movie

A police lieutenant is ordered to stop investigating deadly crime boss Mr. Brown because he hasn't been able to get any hard evidence against him. He goes after Brown's girlfriend, who despises him, for information instead.

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6
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

1963 · 1h 19m · Movie

An ambitious scientist invents an eye drop formula that grants him X-ray vision, but his new powers have disastrous consequences.

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7
Duel at Diablo

Duel at Diablo

1966 · 1h 43m · Movie

In Apache territory, a supply Army column heads for the next fort, an ex-scout searches for the killer of his Indian wife, and a housewife abandons her husband in order to rejoin her Apache lover's tribe.

6.5
8
The Conqueror

The Conqueror

1956 · 1h 51m · Movie

Mongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai. Temujin becomes the emperor Genghis Khan.

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9
My Favorite Brunette

My Favorite Brunette

1947 · 1h 27m · Movie

Shortly before his execution on the death row in San Quentin, amateur sleuth and baby photographer Ronnie Jackson tells reporters how he got there.

6.7
10
Désirée

Désirée

1954 · 1h 50m · Movie

Desiree Clary falls for Napoleon but marries Bernadotte, while Josephine weds Napoleon to become Empress before being dismissed for not producing an heir.

6.4
11
Never So Few

Never So Few

1959 · 2h 5m · Movie

During WW2, the American OSS mounts covert operations with the native Kachin against the Japanese army in the jungles of Burma.

5.8
12
The Time Travelers

The Time Travelers

1964 · 1h 24m · Movie

In 1964, a group of scientists create a portal that takes them to a barren, mutant inhabited, Earth in the year 2071.

5.3
13
Attack of the Puppet People

Attack of the Puppet People

1958 · 1h 19m · Movie

Lonely, deranged puppet-master designs a machine that shrinks people.

5.2
14
Merrill's Marauders

Merrill's Marauders

1962 · 1h 38m · Movie

During WW2, a 3000-strong American unit, known as Merrill's Marauders, battles the Japanese forces in Burma.

6.6
15
The Black Castle

The Black Castle

1952 · 1h 22m · Movie

Man investigates the disappearance of two of his friends who were the guests of a sinister Austrian count.

6.3
16
Curse of the Undead

Curse of the Undead

1959 · 1h 19m · Movie

While a malady is claiming the lives of young women in a Western town, a sinister gunslinger-for-hire Drake Robey is really a vampire, and it's up to Preacher Dan to save the town and girlfriend Dolores Carter.

6.0
17
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing

The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing

1955 · 1h 49m · Movie

The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing is the true story of Evelyn Nesbit (Dame Joan Collins), a beautiful showgirl caught in a love triangle with elderly architect Stanford White (Ray Milland) and eccentric young millionaire Harry K. T...

6.5
18
Androcles and the Lion

Androcles and the Lion

1952 · 1h 38m · Movie

Story of a Christian in ancient Rome who befriends a lion.

6.0
19
Gunpoint

Gunpoint

1966 · 1h 26m · Movie

A young, determined sheriff and his posse chase a gang of murderous train robbers, and a kidnapped woman into New Mexico.

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20
Loan Shark

Loan Shark

1952 · 1h 20m · Movie

At the request of factory owners and union leaders, a tough ex-con infiltrates a gang of loan sharks who are preying on financially desperate factory workers.

6.4
21
The Lawless

The Lawless

1950 · 1h 23m · Movie

A newspaper editor in a small agricultural town finds himself going against the people in the town when he gets involved in the plight of the area's fruit pickers, who are mostly Mexican.

6.7
22
O.S.S.

O.S.S.

1946 · 1h 48m · Movie

During WW2, the O.S.S. sends teams of spies and saboteurs into Nazi-occupied France.

6.7
23
Outside the Wall

Outside the Wall

1950 · 1h 20m · Movie

A paroled convict's infatuation with a gold-digger nurse working at a sanitarium leads him to crime.

6.7
24
Winchester '73

Winchester '73

1967 · 1h 37m · Movie

Two cousins - one an ex-con and the other a law officer - compete for possession of a famed repeating rifle.

5.5
25
The Winds of Kitty Hawk

The Winds of Kitty Hawk

1978 · 1h 38m · Movie

After many years of trying, Orville and Wilbur Wright succeed in making their heavier-than-air aircraft fly, south of Kitty Hawk, on December 17, 1903. They later try to sell their invention to the US government.

6.5
26
Fame Is the Name of the Game

Fame Is the Name of the Game

1966 · 1h 40m · Movie

An investigative reporter looks into the murder of a call girl. His investigation unearths her diary, with the names of many prominent people in it. He sets out to find her killer from among the names contained in it.

7.5